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FIGHTING 1/FF STORY
OF m GIANTS'
BATTLING SFCOND SACKFR

BASEBALL
HERO

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Editor

W. F. KNIGHT

Ait Editor
AL lETTEfc

HfiHDDH ST/&C3KV

BASEBALL

HERO

WDOlE STANKY, THE MIDGET
SECOND BASEMAN OF THE NEW
YORK GIANTS \ IS A HEROIC LITTLE
MAN IN A BIG MAN'S GAME, AN
INVINCIBLE BATTLER FOR VICTORY
WHO USES BRAINS INSTEAD OF
BRAWN TO WIN BASEBALL'S
BRAWLING BRAT FIGHTS FOR
EVERY INCH IN A GAME , WINNING
THE HEARTS OF FANS EVERY-
WHERE BY HIS UNQUENCHABLE
WILL-TO-WIN, HI5 CLEVER BAT-
TING, DAZZLING FIELDING AND
NEVER- SAY- DIE 6P|RlT L

WRITTEN SV CHARLES DEXTER

900 SMALL TO BE A
BATTING CHAMPION, EDDIE
HAS HIT OVER .500 DUR-
ING 8 SEASONS/HE LED
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
IN m2 WITH A .342
BATTING AVERAGE 7

THRICE DOUBLE -PLAY CHAMPION OF
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE AND FIELD-
ING LEADER OF SECOND BASE-
MEN , EDDIE IS NEITHER FAST NOR
HAS A GOOD ARM . BUT. . .

tions . Inc Printed in U S A

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

jEODIE'5 HARDWORKING FATHER FOUND HIS ONLY
RECREATION IN BASEBALL, WHICH HE PLAYED IN A
SEMI-PRO LEAGUE.

YOU COME WITH ME TODAY, EDDIE ! I'M GOING TO

TEACH YOU BASEBALL. — ,

BETTER GO, V
EDDIE. MAYBE
YOU'LL BE A BIG
LEAGUER SO/ME
DAY.

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

Eddie made three hits with the babe Ruth

BAT, WINNING THE GAME WITH A* HOME RUN
INSIDE TqE PARK (

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

;odie fielded bruuantlv for northeast high

WOW ! WHAT
A STOP ' v

HECK .
MUFFED
THAT C
ONE l )

EDDIE'S BATTING AVERAGE WAS ONLY .234
IM 1933.

iANWHILE. EDDIE EXCELLED IN WEEKLY
SOCCER GAMES /

GOAL FOP-
STANKY l

THAT 1 5
FIVE FOR
TODAY

HEY, PA! I WON TODAY'S
GAME WITH A TWO
BAGGER l r"^

'WJE DM- ( I'M COACH OF

1 HARROWGATE

ATHLETIC CLUB TEAM , EDDIE .
WE WANT YOU TO PLAY SHORT-
STOP FOR US AFTER YOU
GRADUATE. YOU'LL BE PAID
ALL EXPENSES.. INTERESTED?

SOUNDS GOOD
TO ME, SR.

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

f TER MR. ANDERSON DEPARTED, ED DIE AND HIS
HER ARGUED INTO THE WEE HOURS Of* THE
NIGHT, AND

BUT, EDDIE, THINK
WHAT A COLLEGE
EDUCATION WILL
MEAN TO YOU 1

WE'RE POOR , THERE'S NO

[WAT SUMMER IN A GAME FOR HARROWGATE, EDDlC
EXECUTED A RARE DOUBLE PLAY. MAKING AN IMPOS-
SIBLE STOP AND NIPPING A RUNNER OFF THIRD. HE
ALSO MADE TWO OTHER TWIN KILLINGS.

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

fiftoMTHS PASSED BEFORE EODlE
RECCIVEO A LETTER NOTIFYING HIM TO
REPORT TO GREENVlU.fi /W5St53fPl.

IN A\ARCH, (935..,^

EDDIE DIP PLAY HARD, HITTING SHARPLY DURING HIS F/RST '
WEEK AS A PRO PLAYER. BUT HE HAD TO BATTLE CONSTANTLY
BECAUSE OF HIS SMALL SIZE. ONE DAY HE LINED A LONS DRIVE
TO LEFT. SLIDING INTO SECOND...

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

Ar g£T EDDIE HAD TO DUCK MANY DUSTERS
AIMED AT HIS HEAD.

. ..8I1T TH/S ENABLED HIM TO GET MORE BASES
ON BALLS AMD HI5 BATTING AVERAGE ROSE TO
.301 i IN I93S HE WAS PROMOTED TO WILLIAMS-
PORT IN THE CLASS C NEW VORK- PENNSYLVANIA
LEAGUE 1 THEM TRANSFERRED TO PORSMOUTH.VIR-
G/WIA, IN THE CLASS B PIEDMONT LEAGUE .

AND FOR THREE MORE YEARS EDO* PWJ^HARD,
WINNING BALL IN THE MINORS. TRAVELING 8* BUS FROM
TOWN TO TOWN, EATING IN CHEAP BEANERIES, SLEEP-
ING IN BOARDINGHOUSES

EDD/E BATTED .337 FOR PORTSMOUTH IN 1936 AND LED THE ,
PIEDMONT LEAGUE WITH 137 BASES ON BALLS IN 1938/

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

Eddie's hitting improved, and we fielding became the

SENSATION OF THE SALLY LEAGUE

BUT P LAVERS OF OTHER. TEAMS* DIDN'T LIKE EDDIE'S
MAGICAL FIELDING TRICKS.

'Eddie bounced up fighting,

But baker batted him right

DOWN AGAIN/

IdUDDV BAKER , SAVANNAH'S SIX
FOOT THREE FIRST SACKER, BROKE
UP A DOUBLE PLAY.'

.HRIMP,

WHO'S A
BAKER

GANGWAY, YA SHRIMP

£D HARTNE5S, EDDIE'5 ROOMMATE, RUSHED
TO HIS RESCUE.'

WE'LL HELP YOU
STANKY/

LICK THE BULLY,
HARTNES5

LAY OFF STANKY.
BAKER/

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

AND YOU'RE A REAL GUV, CONNIE.
YOU'LL BE IN THE BlG LEAGUES
SOME DAY BECAU6E YOU FIGHT
TO WIN, TOO.'

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

glubt

PiULMNP

UN APRIL \\,mz DICKIE AND EDDIE STANKY DE-
PARTED FROM MOBILE. ALABAMA, DICKIE'S HOME/FOR
MILWAUKEE WHERE EDDIE WA5 TO PLAV FOR THE BREWERS!

THAT DEPENDS ON YOU ,
DICKIE. I WANT YOU
TO MARRY ME .

AT NIGHT--

DAD TELLS ME YOU ARE
GOING TO MILWAUKEE
NEXT YEAR, EDDIE . .

TILL DEATH DO
YOU PART...

&ND EDDIE ENDEO THE (941 SEASON IN A BLAZE
OF GLORY, BATTING .315 AND SLUGGING .*02 !

lAy FEW WEEKS LATER — - - -

YOU ARE A GOOD, STRONG BOY, EDDIE, BUT WE CANT
TAKE YOU INTO THE ARMY BECAUSE OF THE CONCUS-
SION YOU SUFFERED WHEN
YOU WERE HIT ON THE HEAD .

BY A PITCHED BALL.

Set ’

/ THAT'S TOO BAD, SIR .

I WANTED TO FIGHT
FOR MY COUNTRY.

£\FTER EDDIE MADE FOUR W m& ONE JULY DAY..

I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
EDDIE. THE MILWAUKEE CLUB
WANTS TO BUY YOU FOR
NEXT SEASON ‘

EDDIE ... .YOU KNOW
I LOVE YOU l . i

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

£doe returned to base-
ball, DETERMINED TO PLAY
MIS HARDEST, FIGHTING TOOTH
ANO WAIL FOR EVERY HIT,
EVERY WALK, EVERY PUT-OUT'
AS JERRY PRiDOY/OF THE
COLUMBUS SENATORSfSLID
INTO SECOND BASE ONE DAY...

what's the idea of tagging me

ON THE CHIN, 5TANKV ?

After the game , manager,

CHARLIE GRIMM APPROACHED
EDDIE !

you ROUGHED ME THE
LAST TIME I SLID INTO
YOU, PRlDOY L -<

f YOU'D BETTER LEARN TO COW-
TROL YOUR TEMPER INI THIS
LEAGUE, EDDIE. UMPIRES WON'T
STAND FOR
THAT STUFF
AROUND
HERE.

/ fM A LfTTLB GUY,

/ MR. GRIMM — AND
THAT'S THE OWtY WAY
I KNOW TO PLAY
WINNING BALLi TO j
FIGHT FOR MY ^
^ RIGHTS! am

tooie CONTINUED TO BATTLE FIERCELY, PLAYING THE GAME OF HIS LIFE FOR DICKIE AND THB MlLWAUkfc*”

BREWERS. BATTLING PLAYERS AND UMPIRES, HITTING, RUNNING, FIELDING SMARTLY, GOADING P(TCHlR$

INTO GIVING HIM MANY WALKS 1 / "r : / — >

BUT I BROKE UP YOUR

DOUBLE -PLAY, ✓

RIZZUTO J~~"

CUT THE ROUGH
STUFF, STANKY l

THAT WAS A
BALL, UMP.'

STANKY'S ALL STAR RECORD

MILWAUKEE - 194-2

AT BAT

RUNS

HITS

DOUBLES
TRIPLES
HOMERS
BATTING AVERAGE
SLUGGING AVERAGE
*L£D LEAGUE/

EDDIE WAS THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION'S MOST VALUABLE
PLAYER, TOO!

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

( TWt BPRIW3 OP <943. £001 B
_ itfKY BECAME A MAJOR
UfcGUS* AT LAST l

SOON AFTER. THE I9*»*f 5EA^0N BEGAN. THE
CHICAGO CUBS. PROPPED TO THE CELLAR . IKJ MAY
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CUB5, JAMES G.
GALLAGHER, INTRODUCED A NEW MANAGER

TO THE TEAM . ,

— ■ \ I'M GLAD TO BE BACK

MEET YOUR NEW , \ WITH THE CUBS AGAIN,

MANAGER i BOY&i BOYS' A — '

THIS IS CHARLIE ^ AND IT'S SWELL

EDDIE WAS DELIGHTED TO PLAY AGAIN FOR HIS OLD B0S5.
BUT A FEW DAYS LATER IN PHILADELPHIA ... .

EDCME STALKY. BASEBALL HERO

5AT ON THE BENCH UNTIL

ONE MORNING IN NEW YORK

|VE GOT TO SEE YOU
RIGHT away , CHARLIE

#iND IN THE MANAGER'S OFFICE
EDDIE MET. HIE> NEW BOSS, LEO '‘THE
LIP" DUROCHER.'

_ iw

EDOIE PLAYED IN
THIRTEEN GAMES*

FOR THE CUBS AND
IN EIGHTY- NINE FDR
THE DODGERS, MOST-
LY AT SHORTSTOP
WHERE HE
SUBSTITUTED FOR
THE ABSENT
PEE WEE REESE,
THEN IN THE NAVY,
HI 5 AVERAGE
ROSE TO -273,
BUT HE WORKED
MANY BASES
ON BALLS,

HE ALSO LED ALL SECOND
BASEMEN WITH 904
CHANCES AND IOJ DOUBLE
PLAYS i

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

EDDIE GOT ON
AND CLEVERLY
CUB5,
WIN

HIS OLD TEAM ,

THE 1945 PENNANT:

BACK TO THE .
MINORS, STANKY.

DOlE BAN THE COUNT TO TWO BALLS AND TWO STRIKES!

KEEP YOUR FOOT ) HEY, UMP.
IN THE BATTER'S / STANKY'S
BOX, STANKY.' / CHEATING .

"BUT EDDIE GOT EVEN WITH HIS TORMENTORS l WITH A TWIST OF
HIS WRIST EDDIE FUCKED A FOUL INTO THE CUB DUGOUT . THEN HE
DREW A FOURTH BALL FROM THE FLUSTERED BOROWY '

A SEPTEMBER 9TH EDDIE WORKED
HIS IZOTH WALK, A DODGER REC-
ORD, OFF CINCINNATI PITCHER, MIKE
MODAK. HE WAS ALSO STARRING IN
THE FIELD, GOING ERRORLESS IN
TWENTY- SIX STRAIGHT GAMES
ACCEPTING 115 CONSECUTIVE CHANCES
WITHOUT A MISCUE 1

And on SEPTEMBER 30TH, EDDIE
GOT HIS 148™ WALK, A LEAGUE
RECORD 1

HOW

HE D

Ravi

.AYIN6 IN 153 GAMES ,
EDDIE GOT ONLYIH3 HITS
IN 1945. BUT HE L.ED THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE IN RUNS
SCORED, WITH 128 J AND IF
HIS -WALKS HAD BEEN
COUNTED HE WOULD HAVE
BEEN BATTING CHAMPION,
WITH A •H/H MARK I

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

EDDIE STANKY, BASEBALL HERO

Wf'RR CHAMPIONS

You'Re SOME
5HORTSTO P,
PFE WPE!

let's BEAT
* THE
YANKS, 4
S TOO. 1
( BOYS l a

THE BUMS'LL MISS
HIM i

BEFORE THE IW SEASON
BEGAN . ...

And a few days later...

I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT YOU
JACKIE I'LL SHOW YOU THE
ROPES AROUNO HERE.

L F.X

EXPP

<fc

JACKIE ROBINSON, THE BRILLIANT
ALL-STAR ATHLETE AND THE
FIRST NEGRO IN ORGANIZED
BASEBALL, JOINED THE DODGERS.

FTER A SLOW START, THE DODGERS GRABBED THE LEAD IN JULY, WINNING 25 OP 55 GAMES

^^^^^^^^^^^fYOUSTOLE BASES LIKE YOUR THREE DOUBLEPLAY5 AN'

WE WIVJ AGAIN ! ■■ GREASED LIGHTNING, M. TWO WALKS SURE HELPED TOC
JACKIE i

HO IN Lffn« SEPTEMBER....

' YOU'RE
THE WALKING
MAN, EDOIE L

^%ND X T LONG LAST, EDDIE STANKY, THE LITTLE GUY IN A 3IG MAN'S
GAME, WAS IN A WORLD SERIES. ON SEPTEMBER 30, l<?47 AT YANKEE
STADIUM. HE WAS THE FIRST BATTER AS THE DOCGERS FACED THEIR

ANCIENT RIVALS l

_ BATTING FIRST FOR

BROOKLYN IS NUMBER
TWELVE, EDDIE
STANKY.'

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

9wE VfcNKS' FWE-RUW Rear/ OFF BRPNCA GAVE
TV! EM A COMMANDING LEAD IN THE FIRST GAME,
RUT EDO<E KEPT TRYING . IN THE SIXTH INNING
HE WAS THE FIRST BATTER. TO FACE CHAMPION
RELIEF PITCHER, JOE RAGE.

EDDIE 5 LAMMED OUT A SINGLE THAT LED TO A
DODGER RUN. IN THE SEVENTH INNING HE ANNOYED
PAGE SO MUCH THAT FIREMAN JOE UNCORKED
A WILD PTCHi enabling REESE to score, but
EVEN SO [THE DODGERS LOST / 5 TO 3 ■

"But allie Reynolds pitched the
5 triumph :

Edoie's terrific double to right was
the key hit in a rally which knocked
BOBO NEWSOM OUT OF THE BOX IN THE
THIRD GAME

HIS 8 LAST SCORED TWO RUNS AND HE
TALLIED HIMSELF. HE WALKED LATER, ASTHE
DODGERS VANQUISHED THE YANKS , <? TO ft »

Eddie walked twice in the fourth game , but Yankee right-
hander FLOYD SEVENS PITCHED NO-HIT BALL FOR EIGHT AND
TWO-THIRDS INNINGS.' BUT THEN COOKIE LAVAGE TTO'S HISTOR-
IC DOUBLE WON FOR THE DODGERS, 3 TQ 2 [

BdDIE'S SINGLE WAS THE LITTLE
GUY'S LAST EFFORT AS THE
SEVENTH AND DECISIVE GAME
BEGAN. BUT A BIG FELLOW
NAMED JOLTIN' JOE DiMA G&O
WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE DODG-
ERS. HE 5PARKED A FOUR-RUN
RALLY WHICH COST THE DODGERS
THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE
WORLD A S THE YANKS WON,

5TO 2. r— T “ I

SHEA'S PITCHING SEAT THE
DODGERS, 2 TO I , IN THE FIFTH
GAME. BUT IN THE SIXTH ENCOUNTER
EDO'E'S TWO SMASHING SINGLES AND
HIS DARING BASE-RUNNING WERE THE
MARGIN IN AN 8 TO 6 DODGER

<J7\ VICTORY !

It was still a great year

FOR LITTLE EDDIE !

STANKY'5 RECORD
FOR 1947

BATTING AVERAGE 252

SLUGGING AVERAGE. . . . .529

BASES ON BALLS 103**

AVERAGE WITH WALKS .. . .436

FIELDING AVERAGE 985 *

DOUBLE PLAYS 123*

* LED LEAGUE

* * 2 mV IN LEAGUE

EDDIE STANKY, BASEBALL HERO

3n reBRUAKY, me , EOOIE 50J0 SOOD8YE 10 HIS
Kmily in mobile and lei

> LEFT FOR 7VIE DODGER

Aup IM SANTO DOMINGO, EDDIE WAS GREETED BY LEO
DUROCHER./ONCE AGAIN ACTIVE DODGER MANAGER .

EDDIE PRACTICED UNDER THE BLAZING TROPICAL 5UN THAT RAY.
AFTERWARDS... / — ~

f PoCTORS DIAGNOSED EDDIE'S I LINES S
S PNEUMONIA . A FEW DAYS LATER ...

THIS IS TERRIBLE,
EDDIE' I KNOW
YOU'LL BE OKAY/ BUT
I HAVE BAD NEWS .
YOU'VE BEEN TRADED
TO THE BOSTON
BRAVES ,

TRADED' 3 . I DON'T
WANT TD GO, LEO'
I DON'T WANT
TO LEAVE THE
DODGERS '

Smocked by the news of his trade, eddie

AftKED DICKIE TO FLY TO SANTO DOMINGO

AND A WEEK LATER ... /

— OH, YES THERE IS,

THERE'S NOTHING DICKIE J X CAN BEAT

YOU CAN DO ABOUT J THE DODGERS

EVERY TIME I PLAY
THEM ' I CAN WIN A
PENNANT FOR THE
BRAVES '

EDDIE STANKY, BASEBALL HERO

I NEEDTOU LIKE
I NEED TWO
LEFT ARMS,
STANKY ^ ^

YOU'RE A PALOOKA

DUROCHER AND

ALWAYS WERE.

JULY flTH EDDIE CRASHED INTO DOD6BR 8RUC*
EDWARDS AT THIRD BASE , TRYING* TO fTRfTCH A
DOUBLE INTO A TRIPLE >

Dn MID-SEPTEMBER, AS THE BRAVES
BATTLED FOR THE FLAG--.

And WITH STANKY BACK AT SECOND 0ASE/THE BRAVES WENTON TO
WIN THE PENNANT/ EDDIE'S LONS HITS AND HEROIC SLIDES ON
HIS INJURED ANKLE HELPING TO WIN VITAL GAMES/

JDDIE MISSED HI5 OLD MANAGER, LEO
DUROCHER. BUT WHEN THE BRAVES FIRST
MET THE DODGERS IN 19*8

tCOlE TAUNTED ANOTHER OLD PAL i CATCH

WHY THE BAT, SHRIMP ?
YOU NEVER USE IT'

HI, UGLY I SEE YOU'RE STILL
WEARING THAT MASK TO COVER
UP YOUR PU5S ! ^

5AFt

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

(Phil ma st. running for salkeld.was sacrificed s/m ike
MCCORMICK TO SECONQ.ON THE NEXT PITCH, FELLER WHIRLED,
FIRED THE BALL TO LOU BOUDREAU , AND

OKAY, 800.'
GET THE NEXT

one ! .

I LOBT HIM

dr WAS THE BRAVES' FIRST PENNANT SINCE
I9IH AND ALL BOSTON WENT WILD / WITH MIGHTY
BOB FELLER PITCHING FOR THE AMERICAN
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, THE CLEVELAND INDIANS, THE
FHRST GAME OF THE 199-8 WORLD SERIES WENT
SCORE LES5 UNTIL THE EIGHTH INNING. THEN
SALKELD; LEADING OFF, WALKED.

Eddie was up next and he

WORKED EVERY TRICK HE
KNEW TO GET ON BASE !

flbMMY HOLMES FOLLOWED STANKY WITH A SLASHING SINGLE TOTALLY MAS I. 1

.... ARGUED THAT BOUDREAU HAD PICKED MASI OFF

SECOND; BUT UMPIRE STEWART HELD HIS DECISION

frr WAS THE GAME'S ONLY RUN AS JOHNNY SAIN BLANKED THE INDIANS, I TO O .

But bob lemon, the Indians' twenty-

game WINNER, HELD THE BRAVES TO
ONE UNEARNED RUN IN THE SECOND
GAME UNTIL THE NINTH INNING I THEN
EDDIE DOUBLED FOR THE BRAVES'

ONLY &OUD HIT.

f COME ON,
GANG i DRIVE
ME HOME .*

BUT EDGE FAILED TO SCORE AND THE
INDIAN5 WON, 4 TO l, 1

THg INDIANS' STAR SOUTH-
PAW, GENE BEARDON, WAS EVEN
TOUGHER IN THE THIRD GAME.
ONLY FOUR BRAVES HAD REACHED
FIRST BASE BY THE NINTH INNING
WHEN EDDIE SINGLED AND WENT
TO THIRO ON TWO OUTSi

But EDDIE COttlDNOT SCORE, THE
INDIANS TRIUMPHING AGAIN ,2 TO O

(Before a record 81.897 fans,

SAIN AND 6ROMEK STAGED
ANOTHER MIGHTY PITCHERS'
BATTLE IN THE FOURTH GAME .
BUT LARRY DO BY BELTED A
TERRIFIC DRIVE THAT WON FOR
CLEVELAND, 2 TO l I

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

WTH THSiR BACKS AGAINST TH6
WALL, THE BRAVES RALLIED TO
SCORE THREE RUNS.

WITH TWO MEN ON, EDDE CAMi Tt)

BAT MANAGER SOtrrWWORTH APPEALS)

Dt LOOKED AS IF IT WERE ALL
OVER FOR THE BRAVES WHEN
BIG JIM HEGAN.THE CLEVELAND
CATCHER, WALLOPED A HOMER
IN THE FOURTH INNING OF THE
FIFTH GAME, WITH TWO ON '

FEELS UKe I GOT
A HIT IN THIS
BAT, MR.
SOUTHWORTH.

THAT TIES THE SCORE.

ftjSS CHRISTOPHER, INDIAN HURLER, PITCHED CAREFULLY TO
EDDIE, 6IVING HIM ONLY OUTSIDE BALLS, BUT EDDIE REACHED
FOR ONE AND BELTED IT SAFELY TO RIGHT, DRIVING IN THE
TIE-BREAKING RUN '

THE •RAVES WENT ON TO WIN, II TO 3 !

UN THE LAST GAME Of THE
SERIES AND THE BlGGSBT GAMl
OF HIS CAREER, LITTLE EDOlI
STANKY GAVE HI* ALL TO WIN
FOR THE BRAVES l

THE SCORE TIED I TO I IN THE
FOURTH, TWO WERE ON AS EDO IE WENT

TO bat:

EDDIE'S MAGIC EYE WON HIM A PASS, FILLING
THE 1A6S. BUT BILL VOISEllE FAiLED IN THE
PINCH. HOT I NG AN EASY GROUNDER'

INDIANS TALLIED TWICE IN THE SIXTH AND ONCE IN THE
. BUT THE BRAVES FOUGHT BACK TO MAKE fT 4 TO 31
IN THE NINTH EDDIE LED OFF WITH A WALK TO PUT T«6
TYING RUN ON FIRST '

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

T5ot

too* WAS UNABLE TO SCORE, ANPTHE SAME ENDED,

OJNB.MO hLBOSTON 5.' EDDIE WAS THE FIRST TO SHEET LOU
BOUDREAU, GREAT MANAGER OF THE WORLD CHAMPION INDIANS.'

EDDIE'S CHAMPIONSHIP

19*8 RECORD

FIELDING

SERIES B«mN6 AYE

. .286 **-#

. /.OOO

* 7™ IN LEAGUE
** LSD LEAGUE
« « * UPON CLUft .

EDDIE STANKY, BASEBALL HERO

that's too bad,
&\LU/iy — —

'^/GOODBYE/

BILLY.

I'LL GET A RUNNER
FOR YOU , EARL '

(Leo durocher joined in the razzing op edc*e:

YOU'RE ALL THROUGH, STANKY,
GY/AN HOME TO MOBILE

Giant fans remembered eddie's aggressive

PLAY, AND AT HIS FIRST TURN AT BAT

BOO

blah:

\ STRIKE ^

\ QUIET, YOU SUY5

J STANKY OUT

] STANKY'S THE BEST /

JANSEN

/ TEAM PLAYER IN /

.boo :

BAS E8 ALL ' y — ^ ^

/TTN

' fv7

1\ C SPfEKVi

EDDIE FACED LARRY JANSEN , THE GIANTS 1 ACE HURLER.' HE TICKEP
OFF HALF A DOZEN FOULS, THEN SLAMMED A CURVE BALL FOR
A TRIPLE TO LEFT FIELD.

THAT BRAT IS A WINNING
BALL PLAYER ALL RIGHT /

VTORRIED BY HIS TEAM'S POOR SHOWING BECAUSE
OF INJURIES TO STAR PLAYERS, MANAGER SOUTH -
WORTH HIMSELF FELL ILL IN AUGUST.

LD'ESPITE EDDIE S FINE PLAY, THE BRAVES GOT OFF
TO A POOR 5TART. IN JUNE, BRILLIANT YOUNG
FIRSTSACKER .EARL TORGESON, BEAT OUT A HIT TO
FIRST, BUT.... /•

THE DOCTORS ORDERED ME
HOME FOR THE REST OF
THE SEASON, BOYS .
JOHNNY COONEY-LL , T y
MANAGE THE TEAM.' J

TORGESON WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SERIOUS SHOULDER
SEPARATION AND WAS LOST TO THE BRAVES '

EDDIE STANKY, BASEBALL HERO

AMP A* THE i»t<> SEASON

ENDfD,.... — ■-

, — - — S well, we beat

OUT LEO'S OlANTS ANVHOW
THCtFINISHED IN FIFTH
PLACE l

BATTING, .2.85

5LU&6IN& 358

BA5ES ON BALL'S... 113

u-w, THE WINTER BASEBALL MEET-
INGS THAT DECEMBER . LEO
DUROCH6R TALKED TRADE WITH
BIU.V SOUTH WORTH

I WANT THAT YOUNG SHORT-
STOP OF YOURS, ALVIN DARK/
BILLY. I'LL GIVE YOU KERR ANO

MARSHALL, y

YOU CAN HAVE
DARK, LEO. BUT
L WANT SID
GORDON, TOO/

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

£d£>E PACED WARREN 6P*HN,THS

l&S LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, THE
BRAVES MET THE (S4ANT5 IN THE
OPENING GAME IN l<?50 AT THE
POLO ©ROUNDS. JUST BEFORE
THE GAME BEGAN , LEO TALKED
TO HIS NEW SECOND BASE COM-
BINATION, ALVIN DARK AND
EDDY STANKY ' ,

¥^E BRAVES WERE RETIRED
IN THE RRST INNING. THEN
EDDIE CAME UP FOR THE
FIRST TIME AS A GIANT '

ACE SOUTHPAW AND

800 ! BLAH i SACK TO

■ BOSTON,

YA BUM!
300,1

it’s up to you

NOW, EDDIE
AND AL A

That evening, in eddies

apartment . . . ^

^ I heard the ^

BOOS ON THE RADIO, EDDIE . IT

WAS AWFUL '

■ r- . _ r—*^' THEIR RAZZING IS

■/ / A CHALLENGE TO ME,
DICKIE 1 I DON'T BLAME
/y -4 ! ) THE GIANT FANS. THEY
If * ( LIKED KERR AND MAR-

CjLnJVI \ SHALL AND GORDON .

A BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE
jT7=5\them
like

®IE GIANT TEAM, COMPOSED Of* MANY NEW PLAYlffft , LO*T MTVIN
STRAIGHT GAMES. _____

WE NEXT DAY, EDDIE MADE A MIRACLE STOP AND AN IMPOSSIBLE'
THROW TO CUT OFF A SURE HIT AND SEND THE GIANTS INTO EXTRA
INNINGS AGAINST THE CUB5.

Then eddied eleventh inning single broke

THE TIE, GIVING THE GIANTS THEIR FIRST
IRS'O WIN, 3 TO 2/

O^vY AFTER DAY EDDIE AMAZED THE BASEBALL WORLD WITH
HIS UNCANNY ABILITY TO WORK BASES ON BALLS. He
PASSED THE IOO MARK IN AUGUST'

EDDIE STANKY. BASEBALL HERO

"Figging for every inch every game,

EDDIE DEVISED NEW TRICKS, WAVING HIS
ARMS Ip DISTRACT PH ILLY BATTERS. THEY
RETALIATED, AND A FIGHT RESULTED /

DON'T YOU DARE
TOUCH STANKY!

WE'LL GET
YOU. YET,
STANKY ;

RAH

LITTLE, BUT OH, MY

THANKS, FANS

THANKS A

MILLION '

GIANT PLAYERS RALLIED TO EDDIE'5 SUPPORT IN
THE WILD FREE-FOR-ALL. AFTERWARDS, THE GIANTS
| BEAT THE PHILLIES IN SEVEN STRAIGHT GAMES.

WE'RE GOING I

NOW/

EDDIE'S GREAT

GIANT YEAR ---1950/

AT BAT 527

RUNS 115

TOTAL BASES 217

DOUBLES 25

TRIPLES v ... 5

HOMERS 8

WALKS IW*

OOUBLE PLAYS 128 **

BATTING AVERAGE 300

SLUGGING AVERAGE ... ,H 1 2
FIELDING AVERAGE .976

* LEO LEAGUE

* * SECOND IN LEAGUE

NO EOOIE BATTLED WITH UMPIRES AS OF YORE .

I SAY I \ BUY YOURSELF YOU'RE

TAGGED ) SOME EYEGLASSES, ) BOTH OUT
THE , U MP! OF THE

RUNNERi Mm. W GAME, STANKY

1 AND DUROCHER i

Z0>5 THE AROUSED GIANTS BATTLED PAST THE BRAVES’
AND INTO THIRD PLACE, EDDIE BROKE HIS OWN HOME

m- mYs uiT VpgEn’iT

THAT S HIS EIGHTH PRETTY
GOOD FOR A LITTLE GUY.'

HIM TO THEIR HEARTS — THEIR HERO AT LAST ' ^ 7 -

A WINNER !

STANKY' S THE GREATEST.'

\ AT 53i FIERY EDDIE STANKY, THE SELF-MADE STAR ,15 TRIUMPHANT AT
LAST, LOVED BECAUSE OF HIS INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, HIS TIRELESS ZEAL TO WIN —
AN HEROIC LITTLE 6 UY IN A BIG MAN'S GAME.

. d , 0 play b° se -

9* ° ' hr ’" «‘W- Y last soas°n

cashing "«* came mV ci aled

a ,es< *.«« ° f "* " , me how mu* ** ^ to

B0 ' ' he r P olo Ground *««"» ° ^ cheers were ^ * he n
v ' he " t0 help ' he G '° n ' \ have heard H we'e

mY ea,s ' olher ertie

the loy°' ,0 " writes. yo u've 9°' '°

out «•«**“ HO owe eVe^' n9 Y 0 , Thai’s

that’s my nr°" 0 ' , be tost man {ans;

A Fawcett Publication

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

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